Publications of Franz Barjak


Barjak, F., Eccles, K., Meyer, E.T., Robinson, S., Schroeder, R. (in press). The Emerging Governance of e-Infrastructure. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Barjak, F. (2011). Wissens- und Technologietransfer als Interaktion: Theoretische Überlegungen und Fallbeispiele aus der Schweiz. Peter Lang Publishers: Bern.

Barjak, F., Lane, J., Poschen, M., Procter, R., Robinson, S., Wiegand, G. (2010). e-Infrastructure adoption in the social sciences and humanities: cross-national evidence. information, Communication & Society, 13(5), 635-651.
also in: Paper presented at the Oxford eResearch Conference 2008, Oxford, UK, 12 September 2008.

Barjak, F., & Robinson, S. (2009). National cultural diversity of research teams. Proceedings of ISSI 2009 - 12th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics.

Schroeder, R., Meyer, E.T., Eccles, K., Kertcher, Z., Barjak, F., Huesing, T., & Robinson, S. (2009). The Future of e-Research Infrastructures. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on e-Social Science, Cologne, Germany, 25 June 2009.

Barjak, F., Lane, J., Kertcher, Z., Poschen, M., Procter, R., & Robinson, S. (2009). Case Studies of e-Infrastructure Adoption. Social Science Computer Review, 27(4), 583-600.
also in: Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on e-Social Science, Manchester, UK, 19 June 2008.

Barjak, F. & Thelwall, M. (2008). A statistical analysis of the web presences of European life sciences research teams. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.59(4), 628-643.

Thelwall, M., Li, X., Barjak, F. & Robinson, S. (2008). Assessing the web connectivity of research groups on an international scale. ASLIB Proceedings, 60(1), 18-31. 

Barjak, F., & Robinson, S. (2008). International collaboration, mobility and team diversity in the life sciences: impact on research performance [Electronic Version]. Social Geography, 3, 23-36.
also in: Proceedings of ISSI 2007 - 11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Volume 1 (pp. 63-73). Madrid: CINDOC-CSIC.

Barjak, F., Wiegand, G., Lane, J., Kertcher, Z., Poschen, M., Procter, R., Robinson, S., Mentrup, A. (2007). Accelerating Transition to Virtual Research Organization in Social Science (AVROSS). M4 Final Report. Olten: FHNW.

Barjak, F., Li, X., & Thelwall, M. (2007). Which factors explain the web impact of scientists’ personal homepages? Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(2), 200-211.

Barjak, F. (2006). Research productivity in the internet era. Scientometrics, 68(3), 343-360.
also in: Proceedings of ISSI 2005 - 10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Volume 1 (pp. 97-108). Stockholm: Karolinska University Press.

Barjak, F. (2006). The role of the Internet in informal scholarly communication. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57(10), 1350-1367.

Barjak, F. (2006). From the “analogue divide” to the “hybrid divide”: the internet does not ensure equality of access to information in science. In C. Hine (Hrsg.), New Infrastructures for Knowledge Production: understanding e-science. Idea Group, pp. 233-245.

Barjak, F., Abplanalp, P., & Bienz, P. (2006). Schaffung innovativer Wirtschaftsräume und wettbewerbsfähiger Unternehmen - Sind Cluster die Lösung? FHNW Series A: Discussion Paper 2006-01. Olten: FHNW.

Barjak, F. (2004). Analyse der Innovations- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Branchenclustern in der Schweiz. FHSO Series A: Discussion Paper 2004-07. Olten: FHSO.

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Franz Barjak


University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Business
Institute for Competitiveness and Communication


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